Events

Posted: January 14, 2013 - 6:56pm

Potter County Master Gardeners will present “Gardening 101: Information for All Gardeners Accomplished or Beginner” from 6 to 8 p.m. in four Thursday sessions beginning Thursday through Feb. 7, and on two Tuesdays, Feb. 19 and 26, at the Potter County West Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office, 3301 E. 10th Ave.

Thursday topics are Improving Your Soil, Low-Water Perennials and Annuals, Roses and Shrubs, and Lawns and Trees. Subjects on Tuesdays are Rainwater Harvesting and Gardening by the Season. The classes are $15 each or $60 for all. Deadline to sign up is Friday. Call 806-373-0713 for registration information.

“Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Rates, Prevention and Education” is the topic of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Department of Public Health, 1000 Martin Road. The meeting also will include a discussion of what some schools are doing to prevent STDs.

Lunch is available for $4. Call Leasa at United Way at 806-376-6359 or email leasa@unitedwayama.org to make a lunch reservation. Call Myrna Raffkind at 806-355-4733 or email hope97ok@aol.com for questions.

Potter County WTAMU AgriLife Extension office’s Annual OAT Conference will begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The first presentation will be at 9 a.m. Lunch will be from noon to 1 p.m., and the conference should end between 3 and 3:30 p.m. Five pesticide applicator continuing education units will be offered. Call the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension office at 806-373-0713 for information.

All women 16 and older and interested in singing are invited to Palo Duro Chorus’ open house at 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Interstate 40 and Georgia Street. There will be places for a variety of groups, voice ranges and talent levels. People living outside Amarillo also are invited to organize a carload and visit.

Palo Duro Metro Chorus, a member of a worldwide organization, produces shows, participates in competitions and sings at retirement centers, nursing homes, for corporation parties and banquets and community events. For more information, contact 806-672-5898.

“Mindfulness: Finding Peace and Clarity in the Present” will be the topic for the lunch meeting of Amarillo Women’s Network at 11:45 a.m. Jan. 25 at the Amarillo Club, 31st floor, Chase Tower, 600 S. Tyler St. Guests are welcome.

Program presenters will be Amanda B. Clark, MA, LPC, a psychotherapist with ABC Parental Coaching and Family Counseling, and Kathy Price Dryden, a vedic master, RYT and co-owner of The Yoga Mat. Dryden’s training and certifications include teaching hiatha yoga and primordial sound meditation. The lunch costs $12, and reservations are due by Tuesday to Loretta Williams at 806-374-5058 or loretta.williams@suddenlink.net.

Hospice Care of the Southwest will have its fourth annual day of professional training, “Ethical & Compassionate Treatment of Patients & Families,” from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 5 at the Amarillo College Polk Street Campus Business and Industry Center, 1200 S. Polk St. Speakers will be Bill Brian, Dr. Brian Weis, Susan Hammett, Marge Dean, Terry Callis and Carla Plischke.

Conference topics will include legal issues related to patient and family wishes; understanding life-sustaining equipment and procedures; awareness of financial exploitation of patients; care for veterans and their families; care of indigent patients and refugees; and cultural perspectives affecting spiritual care, end-of-life care and bereavement by a diverse panel of local leaders. Cost is $35 for six hours of CPEs, CEUs and CNEs or $25 without; or $35 for social workers wanting only three hours of ethics CEUs by attending only the morning sessions. The training is geared toward nurses, chaplains, social workers, educators, clergy, health care professionals, counselors, nursing home staff, mental health workers, funeral directors, families and employers.

Randall County Master Gardeners has planned the annual Gardening with the Masters program. Six consecutive Thursday classes will start Feb. 21 at a cost of $20 for the program. For more information, visit txmg.org/randall or call 806-359-1500 or 806-679-5682.